What initially resulted from an insanely successful (funding wise) Indiegogo campaign, Uuni is now in its third iteration and is easier than ever. Once fired up this little pizza oven can perfectly cook a small pizza in about 60 seconds, and you’ll get the amazing wood fired flavor most of us love. We put the Uuni to the test through several weekend pizza cooking sessions, a failed impromptu pizza party, and a couple of backyard pizza cookoffs,...
After learning they took top honors in our poll, Winston Lord, President of Venga had this to say: Coming in second with 15.64 percent of the vote was Snack&Munch followed by HelloWallet , collecting 11.01 percent of the votes. Fourth place was taken securely with 6.6 percent of the votes by SeniorChecked. Personal rounded out the top 5 with 5.48 percent of the poll votes. The rest of the top ten included: TroopSwap, Canvas, thestrEATS, Locl....
The company raised $11 million in funding from Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Columbia Capital in 2006 and eventually dropped “free” from it’s name. Nigel Morris, the co-founder of Capital One Financial Services and former CEO and president of Capital One Financial Corporation, is also an investor. Shervin Pishevar is also a former President and current board member. They now offer a number of services, including PageModo, which helps people create Facebook pages, and ContactMe, a simple CRM system....
The Challenges And of course we would want various devices to be connected at our home. Connecting various devices, or things, in our home is challenging primarily because it isn’t something that we can invest on a lot. Also, we would want those devices to be reliable. With the sudden rise in the number of software devices that we have to deal with, devices like smart phones, Apple TV and so on, the number is only going to go up and we cannot afford to provide the same attention to each one....
From Failure to Success Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician born in 1175. He’s widely considered to be one of the brightest minds of the Middle Ages and is especially renowned for his contribution to number systems. Fibonacci’s most famous sequence follows the pattern that each number is the sum of the two numbers preceding it. If you were to write it out on paper, it would look like this: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, etc....
I find myself marveling at the elegance of some of the national teams. They have a way of moving fluidly like an amoeba, while striking out flexibly in order to defend or make a goal. As a leadership coach and as someone who plays on a team that produces monthly coach training programs, I couldn’t help but see distinctions and similarities between these talented national soccer teams and any startup team out there....
The question of whether you need a CTO and when, depends on three main factors:– your company life cycle– the type of product– the developer count and profile of your current team. Before delving into the details of the three factors, it is important to delineate the features of a basic CTO role:– it’s strategic– can be a Founder/CoFounder but not necessarily– is usually more hands-off than -on. For early-lifecycle (eg before product/market-fit) companies, the need for a CTO is almost non-existent....
Of course, Ecobee 3 still has its own features and benefits that you might find useful. If you are not sure if you should upgrade to Ecobee 4, keep reading this Ecobee 3 vs Ecobee 4 comparison. Ecobee 3 – A Short Lesson of History There is no doubt that Ecobee 3 has changed the game in the smart thermostat industry, leading to a new revolution in this niche. Since it was released back in September 2014, Ecobee 3 has been purchased by tens of thousands of homeowners....
Attorneys charge too much, and cell phone contract cases pay too little. So what do you do? Most consumers just walk away. Legal academia calls this the problem of access to justice for “low-value claims.” The reason hiring an attorney would have been nice is that, not only would the consumer not have to burn that twenty to thirty hours, but he would have also enjoyed the confidence that the attorney had the required expertise to win the case....
A major casualty seems to be layoff etiquette; cold, impersonal Zoom firings have become tragically common in the contemporary working world. A New, Insensitive Normal Electric scooter company Bird kicked off the pandemic by laying off over 400 workers – a third of its entire payroll – in a two-minute Zoom call via a reported “robotic-sounding, disembodied voice”. Other companies – such as Uber – quickly followed suit. Then, in December 2021, Better....
While it’s easy to make fun of SXSW – the pointlessness of it all, or the belief that it’s just a giant party with no particular aim – the annual event in Austin, TX continue to be one of the most significant events for those in film, music, and technology. Every year, innovators from around the world make their way to Texas just for the opportunity to connect with others in their own respective fields, extend their reach to other industries, and build relationships that eventually benefit them along the way....
I guess you can say salespeople are the backbone of a business. They’re not frightened by the steep competition and constantly changing sales environment. Rather, they’re determined to find ways to overcome these challenges. How do they do this? By keeping tabs on the latest technology. That’s where customizable mobile sales apps come in. More and more salespeople are turning to mobile apps to keep their edge and stay ahead of the sales game....
What is Ruby on Rails? Over 200,000 websites are using Ruby on Rails apps in one form or another. It is a programming language based on the open-source web app framework Ruby on Rails. Two features that set Ruby apart from other programming languages are: • Speed of application development• Ease of adaptation of web apps built with Ruby What Makes Ruby So Attractive?If you want to get more out of the time you invest in development, Ruby is the app development platform to use....
However, as working from home (WFH) remains at an all-time high, new research reveals that five-second commutes may be coming at a cost — with 38% of US companies using remote benefits as a substitute for fairer wages. While the impact this is having on inflation is positive, the researchers also believe that this could explain why national wage growth has fallen 2% year on year. Here’s what impact this trade-off could have on the workforce....
Yahoo is the latest tech company to cease operations in China, following other firms, that decried the increasingly hostile business environment fostered by the government. The news may prompt a further exodus of companies from the world’s most populous country as regulations continue to tighten, and businesses continuing operations in China need to be aware of the rules the government expects companies to follow. Why Have Yahoo Jumped Ship from China?...
According to research conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, young men without a college degree are opting out of the employment game in search of a happier life. Because of the lack of immediate rewards, these millennial gentleman have decided that videos games and parents’ basements are a better fit for their lifestyle. And it appears to be working for them. The stats are unfortunately pretty damming. According to one source, unemployment in men age 21 to 30 without a bachelor’s degrees has reached 22 percent, representing triple the amount of unemployment men of the same age in 1970....
The email service from Google has over 900,000 million users (and much more accounts) worldwide and, along with the Gmail account, users also you have access to several other applications of Google, such as Calendar, Drive, Youtube, Google+, and more, all of which are useful to all businesses, particularly when using Gmail for Work. Being the most used email service in the world, it comes as no surprise to see that there are a huge number of softwares and services designed to boost Gmail even further....
Here, then, are ten simple yet highly-effective ways to ensure high quality project work gets done on schedule and within budget constraints. 1] Define the project on paper. This may sound obvious, but many projects, from IT infrastructure design to construction work, tend to skip the need to document the details of the project. The document that defines the project should spell out objectives, scope, assumptions, risks, approaches, and organizational roles....
Tools to improve your writing Writing is always a challenging skill and not everyone can confidently say they are awesome at it. The following tools have been designed to help you take your writing skills to the next level – call it the professional level – and as a result. attract more readers to your conent. 1. Write or Die Without a doubt, this is the most popular writing tool that is currently available on the web....
We asked ten entrepreneurs how they’re using AI assistants to make their businesses run smoother to learn more about the power of these useful devices. Check out their answers below and get ready for smarter artificial intelligence than ever before: Schedule Meetings Amy, or x.ai, is an artificial intelligence tool that schedules meetings. “She” can be white-labeled to appear as a company employee and will communicate seamlessly with clients over email to schedule appointments....
